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Solving the wrong problem

The nagging feeling that something does not fit

Uwe Friedrichsen

20 minute read

Funny wooden seagull in front of some plants

I think a lot about AI-assisted and AI-based coding. The first one is a human who writes code with more or less support of an AI solution. We see it all the time already now. The second one is a human leaving the coding part to a fleet of AI agents. If the human does not even look into the code created but treats it as a black box and looks at the solution only from the outside, i.e., only watches what it is doing, it is usually called vibe coding.

The process deadlock

Why business processes impede resilience

Uwe Friedrichsen

17 minute read

Bee flying between lavender blossoms

When a company is small and young, work is often done in a seemingly ad hoc fashion. People briefly discuss and then do what appears to be the best solution for the task at hand. As the company is small and most people in the company have a good idea what is important and what is not, this approach tends to work quite well. Sometimes, a wrong decision may be made but in general, this sort of ad hoc approach works quite well.

Thoughts on AI and software development - Part 4

Side effect and unresolved questions

Uwe Friedrichsen

20 minute read

Animals made from straw and bast exhibited on a table

In the previous post, we looked at the likely short- and mid-term consequences if Steve’s projection should become reality. We saw a bit disturbed that most likely the only winners of that projection would be the providers of agentic AI solutions and their investors while everyone else would be on the loser side of the game.